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A 12-year-boy who recently underwent counselling after concerns about his mental health were raised, has died in South Africa.    The Grade 7 pupil from Avanté Primary School in Randfontein allegedly committed suicide shortly after leaving a counselling session at the school.    Gauteng education MEC, Matome Chiloane, who confirmed …

More than 700,000 people die by suicide every year. Many more attempt suicide but survive. The theme of this World Mental Health Day, on October 10, is to make mental health and wellbeing for all a global priority. As part of achieving that ambition, we must give people the support …

A Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldier shot and killed his girlfriend before turning the gun on himself.    The soldier identified as Emmanuel Walugu Onyango shot himself on the chin with an AK-47 rifle while dressed in full military combat.   This is after he had sprayed the body of Ms Immaculate …

By Hussien Adoto 25 September 2022   |   4:00 pm September 10 of every year is dedicated to preventing suicide in our society. The 2022 World Suicide Prevention Day theme is “Creating Hope through Action.” The World Health Organization estimates that about 703,000 people die from suicide every year. …

A man took to Twitter to reveal that his wife, who was also his best friend, has died by suicide, leaving him with their kids aged 1 and 3.   He said she “hung herself” on Friday, September 16.   He revealed that she left a suicide note, stating that …

Iconic French Film director, Jean-Luc Godard has died by assisted suicide aged 91.   Jean-Luc Godard, the French-Swiss director whose movies broke traditional cinema forms and heralded the radical New Wave film movement of the 1960s, died on Tuesday,  September 13.  Godard died “peacefully” at his home in Rolle, Switzerland, according …

A student of Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic Birnin Kebbi has allegedly committed suicide in the Nigeria security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) cell in Kebbi State.   According to The Nation report, the student identified as Victor Musa from Zuru local government area of the state, committed the act with a razor …

The Police Command in Osun has said that a 19-year-old student of Ipetu-Ijesa College of Technology, Olonade Tomiwa, committed suicide in Ilesa.   A statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Yemisi Opalola, in Osogbo, said the deceased was found hanging in the compound with a …

A Data entry staff of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) has reportedly committed suicide over his inability to cope financially.   Prince Carter Oshodin was said to have taken his own life on Friday, September 9, in Umelu Community in Upper Sakponba area of Benin City.   Though the Non-Academic Staff Union, which …

Popular comedian, Anita Asuoha aka Real Warri Pikin, has recounted how she nearly killed herself over ₦22 million debt. In the latest edition of #WithChude, the podcast hosted by Chude Jideonwo, the media personality, recalled how she was taken to “three different hospitals” before she regained consciousness after her attempted …